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National Bank and the members of its decision-making bodies shall be independent in exercising the tasks conferred upon them by law, and shall neither seek nor take instructions from public authorities or from any other authority.

In order to ensure and maintain price stability over the medium term, the National Bank’s aim will be to keep inflation (measured by Consumer Price Index) at the level of 5.0 percent annually with a possible deviation of ± 1.5 percentage points, considered to be optimal for growth and development of Moldova's economy over the medium-term.

National Bank shall have the exclusive right to issue on the territory of the Republic of Moldova banknotes and coins as legal tender, as well as commemorative and jubilee banknotes and coins as legal tender and for numismatic purposes.

National Bank of Moldova acts as banker and fiscal agent of the State and shall receive from state bodies economic and financial information and documents, which are necessary for carrying out its tasks.

National Bank shall inform the public on the monetary policy strategy on the results of the macroeconomic analysis, the evolution of the financial market and on statistics, including with regard to monetary supply, crediting, balance of payments and the state of the foreign exchange market.

Register of the electronic money institutions

According to the Law no.114 of 18.05.2012 on payment services and electronic money, the National Bank keeps the public registers of payment institutions, postal operators and electronic money institutions that obtained the National Bank’s license/whose licenses were withdrawal/suspend by the National Bank for the activity of providing payment services, respectively, for the activity of issuing electronic money.

Register
of the electronic money institutionswhich obtained/was withdrawn the license by National Bank for activity of issuing electronic money[1]

No.

Name of the electronic money institution

Tax code (IDNO),

address of the electronic money institution

Number and date of the decision on license issuance

Series, number and date of the license issuance

Administrators of the electronic money institution

Detailed license information

Information on license withdrawal

Information on the branches/ agents of the electronic money institution[2]

[1] electronic money - means electronically, including magnetically, stored monetary value as represented by a claim on the issuer which is issued on receipt of funds (other than electronic money) for the purpose of making payment transactions and which is accepted by a person other than the electronic money issuer. The electronic money institutions which obtained the license for the activity of issuing electronic money, additional have the right to be engage in the activities described at the article 88 according to the Law.

[2] agent of the electronic money institution - a legal person/individual that distributes or redeems electronic money on behalf of and on the account of an electronic money institution.